"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.

Idioms:

  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.